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Well there's certainly a lot of villagers like I expected.

I'm not sure if Lilypad has maps or frequent billboards, but if it does I'm sure I'd be able to name this area where these picnics are taking place. I thought it was the Apple Orchard but there are no apple trees anywhere so I think it's just in the fields. I'm not sure coming here was a good idea though. There's a lot of blankets laying around the fields where anyone is free to sit down with someone. There are trees here and there so some picnic blankets are usually near trees for some shade, since it's probably just me because of my thick mane but it feels a bit hot. Even if it's just spring.

The problem is that it seems like everyone already has their own friends they want to sit with.

I'm sitting alone right now with Noel in my diaper bag on one of the blankets, I feel really out of place here. When I look around I already see other residents hanging out with their own friends they've made. I don't think they'd want me coming over to them with the possible chance of Noel waking up and start crying, that's probably what they think anyway. I sigh a little to myself, brushing a bit of my mane out of my face with my paw.

Even if it's just me and Noel, I really wish I could at least talk to someone. That's the least I'm asking for, really.

"Hello, sir?"

I turn around, which seems like it startled Noel because I hear her cooing and blinking her eyes open. Were they speaking to me?
"You're not waiting for someone right?" She brushed one of her arms with her bright orange and black spotted hand, rubbing it. "If you aren't, you wouldn't mind if I sit here?" She pauses, and waits for me to answer. I blink a few times before I answer back with a small smile.
"Not at all, it's just me." I gave with a little shrug. I look down at Noel who's moving a little in my bag now. "And my Little Buddy of course." I say smiling a bit.

When I look back up, I see her sit down a few feet away from me. She has so many black and orange spots all around her body and a sort of green jacket with a green shirt underneath. She looks pretty too, unlike my unkempt mane. I think she has a slightly surprised but smiling look on her face. She looks like a fish person. Wait, she is a fish person.
"Aw, is that little darling yours?" Kinda stupid question but okay. She looks directly at Noel, who at the same instance stops looking at me and turns her head to look at fish person. I think she's a koi fish person? Yeah, that.
I see Noel smile wide and starts making her baby noises. "Yeah, she's my Little Buddy." I say. "She's three months old, almost four soon." When I finish my sentence I look back down at Noel and.. How did the zipper come down? I can see Noel's down to her chest now, I think she's trying to reach for koi person? I look up at koi person and she scoots a little forward. "I think Noel wants you to hold her."

The koi person's face eyes and smile widen with I think what seems like delight and excitement and I carefully fully unzip my bag, grab Noel and hand her to koi person. I don't mind much of anyone holding Noel, though it's only if Noel tries to reach out to the person. It seems like she usually only reaches out if she knows they're a good person. Maybe it's some sort of baby sense. Koi person takes Noel and I see her place her hands under my Little Buddy's head and her tail. Well, she knows how to hold a baby which is nice. Noel makes more "Coo!~" noises, and woah she's actually moving her legs and paws a little.

I think she likes Noel. Or babies to the very least. That makes me feel a bit better.

"I guess your little girl likes my bright colors." Koi person says. I look up at koi person, babies like bright colors? As if almost reading my mind, "Babies really like things that are easy to pick out. Like bright bold colors, shapes, and distinct noises." Koi person says, cradling Noel. A few moments though after koi person is holding Noel in her arms she looks up from Noel, looking at me and says, "Hey, you know you shouldn't do that thing where you have that bag of yours zipped up all the way up to your baby's neck right?" She says this in a gentle and soft tone. I'm not sure why, maybe it's not to speak too loudly near Noel.

I feel my ears tilt a bit. I can already feel myself being told what I'm doing wrong. "Oh, why? I've been doing it for a while, it's comfy for my Little Buddy. I don't zip it too tightly." The koi person makes an expression at me, I don't know what it means but she says, "There's a chance she might hurt her neck being near the zipper. Even if you don't zip it tightly, I would advise only zipping it to her chest only." She then smiles a little when I see Noel grab koi person's hand with her little paw.
"Oh, okay." Is all I can say.

I feel myself jump a little when I feel koi person's hand on my shoulder. She's cradling Noel with her other arm but she's looking directly at me. She's smiling at me, I think smiles a lot. Or maybe it's just me.
"Don't feel bad. Being a parent is really hard so don't put yourself down for anything you might be getting wrong." I look down at my paws which are on my legs. If only she knew. I look back up at koi person, she's back sitting down and holding Noel. My Little Buddy is using her paws to try and grab at the whiskers of the koi person, though I can see koi person isn't a fan of that since she's keeping Noel away from her whiskers. Instead, she stops cradling Noel and holds her to start lifting her up and down. I hear Noel continue to make her baby noises, she's smiling.

Koi person is playing with Noel but she's looking at me.
Please don't ask that question, please don't ask that question, please don't ask that question-

"You're so lucky to be raising such a precious girl. But.." Her smile drops a little, and her whiskers twitch a bit?

"Are you okay?"

I blink twice. That's a weird question, I find myself answering. "No. I'm really tired all the time and I don't really have.. Well, a lot of people to talk to." I hear myself voicing, quietly though. I guess it was about time till koi person actually saw the large eye bags under my eyes, kinda surprised she didn't comment on them until a while after this. I'm sure koi person still probably heard me because she says back, "I'm sorry to hear that, love."
She then says softly, "Hey um, you wouldn't mind if I gave some.. Some advice maybe?" I see her hesitate a bit, Noel is too busy following the movement of the koi person's whiskers to listen to the conversation. Even if she wouldn't understand. "This is probably really weird and sudden to you since some person just decided to just sit down and talk to you, so I really wouldn't mind if you're just not comfortable with-"

"I'd like some advice. I don't mind at all." I cut her off before it seemed like she'd go rambling.
I really needed it anyway. She smiles, and her whiskers stop twitching. I hear my Noel stop cooing and make a confused noise.
"Heh okay." She starts lifting Noel up and down again, Noel starts making her happy baby noises again too.
"I don't have a lot of advice and I don't want to run you over with a lot of advice so I'll just say some. I'm a bit rusty." She says with a light chuckle. I wonder what she means by rusty. She looks at me while continuing to lift Noel. "You said your little girl is three months old right? Almost four months. Well, she still needs to drink formula milk until she hits the four month mark if you really want to try and feed her solids." Okay, I was wondering if I should keep feeding Noel formula milk. I actually have an answer now. I really hope I remember all of this. I nod as I listen. "Okay."

"You look really tired too." I lift one of my paws to my eyes and touch my eyebags at that comment. "Eu-huh.." Is all I say. It's really obvious but yeah, my Little Buddy keeps me awake. Koi person looks from Noel to me and laughs again. "It's really stressful and tiring taking care of a baby." She pauses for a moment to cradle Noel. "Your little girl should get 15 to 16 hours of sleep. I would assume she naps for around every 7 or 8 hours though right?" Woah, koi person got that on the spot. Noel does usually take naps instead of just a full 15 or 16 hours. "Yeah, that's exactly it." Koi person smiles. "Well, every time she naps I would suggest you nap too. Not as long as your baby but around 30 minutes to 1 hour if you need a quick boost."

I'll definitely remember that. I never get any sleep, not at all since my Little Buddy came so I'm hoping my brain can maybe experiment with that later. "Thanks, really thank you. This will help me a lot.. Ma'am." I hope I'm not being rude by calling koi person ma'am, she seems older than me.

I see koi person switch back to lifting Noel up and down but I see her pause in the middle. A surprised look is on her face. I see Noel tilt her head, confused but curious I think. Koi person looks at me and says, "Oh my goodness I can't believe I forgot. I'm so dumb." I beg to differ.

"..But what's your names?" She says with a sheepish smile. Her whiskers twitch. I smile back at her, and rub the back of her head. "It's okay." Gesturing to myself and then to Noel..

"I'm Leon, and my Little Buddy's name is Noel."

Koi person open mouth smiles widely. "I'm Aki. Sorry for the late introduction." She chuckles a little which make Noel start cooing again with her sounds. Aki continues to lift Noel up and down, saying to Noel, "Up, and down! Up, and down!"
I feel myself smile a bit more, even if I'm kinda tired to smile.

Aka.. Aki? Aki.

She seems like she knows a lot.

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hhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
hey yall since i missed the previous prompt i got sad at myself so i decided to try and actually put more effort than i usually do
anyways um, i love Raconni 's two villagers especially leon and noel also fictional animal babies are cute so hell yeah i drew it for the picnic thingy the villagers doing for the cafe, i thought it'd be interesting to try doing a pov of someone else's character instead of aki, it was really interesting writing it
if it wasn't obvious aki is v good with children and she loves young children aka, toddlers/babies since she has like 51 siblings yeehaw

RAC, I HOPE I DIDN'T BUTCHER LEON TOO MUCH,, and if i did ,,,, I'M SORRY JFJKDFJKD

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4/14/19 Bell Count:

Another User's Character: 100 x 2 = 200
Fullbody: 300 x 3 = 900
Lineart: 200 x 3 = 600
Coloring: 200 x 3 = 600
Shading: 100 x 3 = 300
Background: 300 x 1 = 300
Literature: 1860 Words = 1860
Literature Cameo: 100 x 2 = 200

200 + 900 + 600 + 600 + 300 + 300 + 1,860 + 200 =
Total: 4,960 Bells
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Creature Crossing (c) Verastophilis
Leon & Noel (c) Raconni
Art & Aki (c) Me

Description

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Well there's certainly a lot of villagers like I expected.

I'm not sure if Lilypad has maps or frequent billboards, but if it does I'm sure I'd be able to name this area where these picnics are taking place. I thought it was the Apple Orchard but there are no apple trees anywhere so I think it's just in the fields. I'm not sure coming here was a good idea though. There's a lot of blankets laying around the fields where anyone is free to sit down with someone. There are trees here and there so some picnic blankets are usually near trees for some shade, since it's probably just me because of my thick mane but it feels a bit hot. Even if it's just spring.

The problem is that it seems like everyone already has their own friends they want to sit with.

I'm sitting alone right now with Noel in my diaper bag on one of the blankets, I feel really out of place here. When I look around I already see other residents hanging out with their own friends they've made. I don't think they'd want me coming over to them with the possible chance of Noel waking up and start crying, that's probably what they think anyway. I sigh a little to myself, brushing a bit of my mane out of my face with my paw.

Even if it's just me and Noel, I really wish I could at least talk to someone. That's the least I'm asking for, really.

"Hello, sir?"

I turn around, which seems like it startled Noel because I hear her cooing and blinking her eyes open. Were they speaking to me?
"You're not waiting for someone right?" She brushed one of her arms with her bright orange and black spotted hand, rubbing it. "If you aren't, you wouldn't mind if I sit here?" She pauses, and waits for me to answer. I blink a few times before I answer back with a small smile.
"Not at all, it's just me." I gave with a little shrug. I look down at Noel who's moving a little in my bag now. "And my Little Buddy of course." I say smiling a bit.

When I look back up, I see her sit down a few feet away from me. She has so many black and orange spots all around her body and a sort of green jacket with a green shirt underneath. She looks pretty too, unlike my unkempt mane. I think she has a slightly surprised but smiling look on her face. She looks like a fish person. Wait, she is a fish person.
"Aw, is that little darling yours?" Kinda stupid question but okay. She looks directly at Noel, who at the same instance stops looking at me and turns her head to look at fish person. I think she's a koi fish person? Yeah, that.
I see Noel smile wide and starts making her baby noises. "Yeah, she's my Little Buddy." I say. "She's three months old, almost four soon." When I finish my sentence I look back down at Noel and.. How did the zipper come down? I can see Noel's down to her chest now, I think she's trying to reach for koi person? I look up at koi person and she scoots a little forward. "I think Noel wants you to hold her."

The koi person's face eyes and smile widen with I think what seems like delight and excitement and I carefully fully unzip my bag, grab Noel and hand her to koi person. I don't mind much of anyone holding Noel, though it's only if Noel tries to reach out to the person. It seems like she usually only reaches out if she knows they're a good person. Maybe it's some sort of baby sense. Koi person takes Noel and I see her place her hands under my Little Buddy's head and her tail. Well, she knows how to hold a baby which is nice. Noel makes more "Coo!~" noises, and woah she's actually moving her legs and paws a little.

I think she likes Noel. Or babies to the very least. That makes me feel a bit better.

"I guess your little girl likes my bright colors." Koi person says. I look up at koi person, babies like bright colors? As if almost reading my mind, "Babies really like things that are easy to pick out. Like bright bold colors, shapes, and distinct noises." Koi person says, cradling Noel. A few moments though after koi person is holding Noel in her arms she looks up from Noel, looking at me and says, "Hey, you know you shouldn't do that thing where you have that bag of yours zipped up all the way up to your baby's neck right?" She says this in a gentle and soft tone. I'm not sure why, maybe it's not to speak too loudly near Noel.

I feel my ears tilt a bit. I can already feel myself being told what I'm doing wrong. "Oh, why? I've been doing it for a while, it's comfy for my Little Buddy. I don't zip it too tightly." The koi person makes an expression at me, I don't know what it means but she says, "There's a chance she might hurt her neck being near the zipper. Even if you don't zip it tightly, I would advise only zipping it to her chest only." She then smiles a little when I see Noel grab koi person's hand with her little paw.
"Oh, okay." Is all I can say.

I feel myself jump a little when I feel koi person's hand on my shoulder. She's cradling Noel with her other arm but she's looking directly at me. She's smiling at me, I think smiles a lot. Or maybe it's just me.
"Don't feel bad. Being a parent is really hard so don't put yourself down for anything you might be getting wrong." I look down at my paws which are on my legs. If only she knew. I look back up at koi person, she's back sitting down and holding Noel. My Little Buddy is using her paws to try and grab at the whiskers of the koi person, though I can see koi person isn't a fan of that since she's keeping Noel away from her whiskers. Instead, she stops cradling Noel and holds her to start lifting her up and down. I hear Noel continue to make her baby noises, she's smiling.

Koi person is playing with Noel but she's looking at me.
Please don't ask that question, please don't ask that question, please don't ask that question-

"You're so lucky to be raising such a precious girl. But.." Her smile drops a little, and her whiskers twitch a bit?

"Are you okay?"

I blink twice. That's a weird question, I find myself answering. "No. I'm really tired all the time and I don't really have.. Well, a lot of people to talk to." I hear myself voicing, quietly though. I guess it was about time till koi person actually saw the large eye bags under my eyes, kinda surprised she didn't comment on them until a while after this. I'm sure koi person still probably heard me because she says back, "I'm sorry to hear that, love."
She then says softly, "Hey um, you wouldn't mind if I gave some.. Some advice maybe?" I see her hesitate a bit, Noel is too busy following the movement of the koi person's whiskers to listen to the conversation. Even if she wouldn't understand. "This is probably really weird and sudden to you since some person just decided to just sit down and talk to you, so I really wouldn't mind if you're just not comfortable with-"

"I'd like some advice. I don't mind at all." I cut her off before it seemed like she'd go rambling.
I really needed it anyway. She smiles, and her whiskers stop twitching. I hear my Noel stop cooing and make a confused noise.
"Heh okay." She starts lifting Noel up and down again, Noel starts making her happy baby noises again too.
"I don't have a lot of advice and I don't want to run you over with a lot of advice so I'll just say some. I'm a bit rusty." She says with a light chuckle. I wonder what she means by rusty. She looks at me while continuing to lift Noel. "You said your little girl is three months old right? Almost four months. Well, she still needs to drink formula milk until she hits the four month mark if you really want to try and feed her solids." Okay, I was wondering if I should keep feeding Noel formula milk. I actually have an answer now. I really hope I remember all of this. I nod as I listen. "Okay."

"You look really tired too." I lift one of my paws to my eyes and touch my eyebags at that comment. "Eu-huh.." Is all I say. It's really obvious but yeah, my Little Buddy keeps me awake. Koi person looks from Noel to me and laughs again. "It's really stressful and tiring taking care of a baby." She pauses for a moment to cradle Noel. "Your little girl should get 15 to 16 hours of sleep. I would assume she naps for around every 7 or 8 hours though right?" Woah, koi person got that on the spot. Noel does usually take naps instead of just a full 15 or 16 hours. "Yeah, that's exactly it." Koi person smiles. "Well, every time she naps I would suggest you nap too. Not as long as your baby but around 30 minutes to 1 hour if you need a quick boost."

I'll definitely remember that. I never get any sleep, not at all since my Little Buddy came so I'm hoping my brain can maybe experiment with that later. "Thanks, really thank you. This will help me a lot.. Ma'am." I hope I'm not being rude by calling koi person ma'am, she seems older than me.

I see koi person switch back to lifting Noel up and down but I see her pause in the middle. A surprised look is on her face. I see Noel tilt her head, confused but curious I think. Koi person looks at me and says, "Oh my goodness I can't believe I forgot. I'm so dumb." I beg to differ.

"..But what's your names?" She says with a sheepish smile. Her whiskers twitch. I smile back at her, and rub the back of her head. "It's okay." Gesturing to myself and then to Noel..

"I'm Leon, and my Little Buddy's name is Noel."

Koi person open mouth smiles widely. "I'm Aki. Sorry for the late introduction." She chuckles a little which make Noel start cooing again with her sounds. Aki continues to lift Noel up and down, saying to Noel, "Up, and down! Up, and down!"
I feel myself smile a bit more, even if I'm kinda tired to smile.

Aka.. Aki? Aki.

She seems like she knows a lot.

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hhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
hey yall since i missed the previous prompt i got sad at myself so i decided to try and actually put more effort than i usually do
anyways um, i love Raconni 's two villagers especially leon and noel also fictional animal babies are cute so hell yeah i drew it for the picnic thingy the villagers doing for the cafe, i thought it'd be interesting to try doing a pov of someone else's character instead of aki, it was really interesting writing it
if it wasn't obvious aki is v good with children and she loves young children aka, toddlers/babies since she has like 51 siblings yeehaw

RAC, I HOPE I DIDN'T BUTCHER LEON TOO MUCH,, and if i did ,,,, I'M SORRY JFJKDFJKD

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4/14/19 Bell Count:

Another User's Character: 100 x 2 = 200
Fullbody: 300 x 3 = 900
Lineart: 200 x 3 = 600
Coloring: 200 x 3 = 600
Shading: 100 x 3 = 300
Background: 300 x 1 = 300
Literature: 1860 Words = 1860
Literature Cameo: 100 x 2 = 200

200 + 900 + 600 + 600 + 300 + 300 + 1,860 + 200 =
Total: 4,960 Bells
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Creature Crossing (c) Verastophilis
Leon & Noel (c) Raconni
Art & Aki (c) Me